I'll go ahead and put you on the waiting list because it will be at least a few months before we get to you.

Thanks - works in with my timetable. I've only just begun groundwork and realised I'm going to have to re-listen to the best few hundred and rate with a more critical ear to have a hope of narrowing down to 50. I've been too liberal with my 5 star iTunes ratings.

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"I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle." - DLR

I'll go ahead and put you on the waiting list because it will be at least a few months before we get to you.

Thanks - works in with my timetable. I've only just begun groundwork and realised I'm going to have to re-listen to the best few hundred and rate with a more critical ear to have a hope of narrowing down to 50. I've been too liberal with my 5 star iTunes ratings.

Not really............and in the end I'll think as hard as I think .....which is pretty hard when it comes to things I'm as passionate about as my music I was going to do an exercise like this anyway - over time I've wanted to have a Playlist of all my top shelf tracks which I can (now I've finally got my Sonos set up) play through my main hifi via Sonos/iPad and ditch CDs, but I've been far too generous with 5 star ratings to the point that the "5-star playlist" is too large and almost meaningless. So this is just going to give me a kick along for what I intended doing eventually anyway........re-doing ratings with less generosity. I'm in front of a PC all day every day listening to music so it shouldn't be too hard.

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"I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle." - DLR

Chad's right, you're thinking too much. It shouldnt just be about 5 star ratings, it should be albums that share a pinnicle moment in your life, or an album that simply changed your life. That's how I came up with mine and it was rather easy and I still probably wouldn't change that much of it now. I think you are treating it to seriously too. Man, it's not really a top priority in life, don't you have work or something?

I'm glad we've agreed on Talisman and Harem Scarem or I might start to think you take the task of critiquing my posts/thought processes a bit too seriously I appreciate the ongoing interest in my life , my sanity and my Top 50 selection process but you're jumping to some conclusions here .

I work my arse off mate - it just so happens that during the 12 hours a day I sit in front of a PC/on the road running my own business that I have music cranking much of the time and I'm enjoying rating my collection.............sorry if that's too intense? Without my music I probably would go nutty.

Like I keep saying I'd be doing the ratings anyway so as to create some cool playlists (or just for fun ) and the 5 star rating bit will have nothing to do with the final rankings really. It may not be a huge collection compared to many here but from 2500+ albums (two thirds of which I really rate) down to 50 takes a little thought and yes............I'm the sort of bloke who , when taking on even such an insignificant task in an area I'm passionate about, will enjoy it more if I do it semi-seriously.

The whole idea is that they will all have similar album ratings (v high) and then I can rank based on the whole album experience, time spent with them , their influence on me (mostly) and others. The process of listening to my top 100-200 over a few months will refresh the memory and make the task of deciding the group of 50 a bit easier. The top 20-30 are easy after some thought - the 31-50 slots (many of which I won't have listened to in quite some time) not so much. I'd be listening to stuff all day anyway so why not all my all time faves and kill two birds with one stone?

Hoping we can get back to talking music rather than analysing huge world issues like whether I'm taking my top 50 list too seriously ............

Off to get my fix of Blacklist for the week..........

Cheers

Brent

« Last Edit: November 23, 2013, 03:53:47 PM by bl5150 »

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"I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle." - DLR

Jaq's finished and SoundscapeMN (who puts a huge effort into each album) has said he will finish over the rest of 2014 , so maybe we could bend the rules and get another 2 up and running so we (hopefully) have some regular activity ? Just me being selfish - I miss the Top 50's when things go quiet.

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"I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle." - DLR

yeah, if someone wants to get going, they should. I should get back into the swing of things this weekend as I am finally over the cold I had recently and I don't have any OT available at work right now.